PRESIDENT AND CEO, INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM, FALLS CHURCH
PRESIDENT AND CEO, INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM, FALLS CHURCH
Virginia Business// August 30, 2023//
Named as one of the top 1% of cancer specialists and urologists in the nation by Castle Connolly, Jones has led Inova Health System since 2018. The regional health system employs more than 20,000 people across its five hospitals and numerous
other facilities, including Northern Virginia’s only Level 1 trauma center.
In May, the health system received a $75 million gift from longtime supporters Dwight and Martha Schar to boost its heart and vascular programs. Construction is expected to begin next year on the $1 billion Inova Alexandria Hospital campus, slated to open in 2028 on the former Landmark Mall site.
Jones previously led Cleveland Clinic’s regional hospitals and family health centers before joining Inova in 2018. He also is a professor of urology for the University of Virginia and is editor-in-chief of Urology Practice, a journal published by the American Urological Association. He is chair-elect for the American Medical Group Association’s board.
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